Retort coke-oven.



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A. O.,KLOMAN. RETORT OOKE OVEN.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 19, 1904.. l

PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW C. KLOMAN, OF SAXTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FIFTHTOWILLIAM M. SCOTT, OF SAXTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

lar-:TORT COKE-OVEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,469, dated April19, 1904.

Application filed May 26, 1903. Serial No. 158,799. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW O. KLOMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Saxton, in the county of Bedford and State of Pennsylvania,have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in Retort Coke-Ovens, of which the following is a specification. Y

In the accompanying drawings,which make part of this specification,Figure I is a vertical section taken centrally longitudinally of one ofa battery of retort coke-ovens constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. II, a vertical section taken transversely through oneoven and a half, the section being on the line II II of Fig. I; Fig.III, a horizontal section on the line III III of Fig. II, and Fig. IV ahorizontal section onthe line IV IV of Figs. I and II.

My invention relates to retort coke-ovens, and the objects thereofconcern the means for discharging the coke from the ovens at the only toproduce a very` large heating eect with the quantity of gas consumed,but also to allow the battery of ovens to be indenitelyl extendedwithout injury to or change in the existing structure.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 designates the supporting walls orfoundations, which run transversely of the oven-battery, butlongitudinally under the walls 2 of the ovenchambers 3. A number ofthese chambers 3 are made near together in a parallel relation,constituting what is called a battery of ovens, the walls 2 separatingadjacent cham# II, and provided with charging-holes 4 in their tops,through which the coal or material to be coked is charged. The materialis brought opposite the charging-holes 4 by means of cars(not shown,)which run on the track 5, extendinglongitudinally of the battery ofovens and between the rows of the charging-holes. t

The ends of the ovens or chambers 3 have `into vertical iiues 16 in thewalls 2. Opposite hinged doors 6, in each of which, near thetop thereof,is a small hinged door 7.

At each side of the battery is a track or rail 8, on which the wheels 9of a hanging platform 10 travels. This platform has on its under sidetwo wheels 11, which runv on a trackconsisting of a series of ribs 12,carried by the oven-walls 2, and of the ribs 13, carried by the doors 6,the ribs 12 being slightly below the ribs 13 to permit the former topass the latter when the doors 6 are opened. The wheel 11 is'wide enoughto run on both series of ribs.V

The ovens 3 have a series of eXit-ports 14 for the escape of the gasesevolved during the coking operation. The exit-ports 14 lead by way ofshort horizontal iiues 15 downwardly the bottom ofthe oven the lines 16connect with horizontalV iiues 17, which run through the oven-bottomtransversely and connect at the center of the wall 2 opposite the wall 2in which the iues 16 are with the uptake-fines 18, which open at theirtops just above the top line of the oven-chambers into the transverseflues'19, which are crossed centrally by the longitudinal oftake-iiue20, which conveys the spent gases to a chimney or other place. 75

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- same direction-that is, in Figs. II and III the gases move .rto theleft in the oven-bottoms and in Fig. IV towardv the top of the sheet. Itwill also be noted that the downtake-iiues 16 of one oven lie in thesame wall 2 as the uptake-fines 18 `of the adjoining oven. The iiues 16and 18 in each wall 2 stand in a straight line and alternate, the flues16 communicating immediately with iues 18 in wall 2 on one side of saidflue 16 and the fines 18 in said lastnamed wall receiving gases fromiues 16 in wall 2 on the other side of the first-named iues 16. It willtherefore be seen that the flues 18 in the wall toward the bottom ofFig. IV and the flues 18 and 21 at the righthand side of F-igs. II andIII have no functions, but are ready to be used when an additional ovenis placed at the bottom of Fig. IV or at the right of Figs. II and III.

The bottom 23 of each oven or chamber 3 is composed of two sections 24and 25, hinged together near the middle on the pivot or hingepin 26 andcontaining the middle portion ofl the iiues 17 The section 24 is pivotedon the fixed pivot or pin 27, while the section 25 is supportedcentrally transversely on wheels 28 on tracks 29 consisting of theupturned flanges of plates 30, held between the walls 1 and 2, as shownin Fig. II.

Pivotally secured to pendent lug 31 on the section 24 is the piston-rod32, secured to a piston (not shown) in the cylinder 33, pivoted at 34 toa stationary support 35.

Between the walls 1 of the several ovens are the two downwardly andoutwardly inclined chutes 36 and 37, with which the free ends of thesections 24 and 25 register when the bottom 23 is in the position shownin dotted lines.

The bottom sections may be operated by other means or by the same meansarranged diiferently, and other parts of the oven may be changed andstill come within the scope of my invention.

The operation is as follows: Coal is charged through the holes 4 andleveled by a man standing on a platform 10 opposite each door 7, throughwhich he operates a leveling-tool. The gases driven off from the coalpass out of the ovens 3 through the ports 14, iiues 15, 16, 17, and 18,where they receive a supply of air from the lines 21. The burning gaspasses up iiue 18 into the common iues 19 and thence into the mainoftakediue 20 and the chimney. (Not shown.) If desired, the air can beadmitted through the small doors 7, so as to partially supply the gaseswith oxygen before they pass into the fines 18.' When the coking iscompleted, the doors 6 are opened and the piston-rod is forced up in anobvious manner, causing the sections 24 and 25 of the ovenbottom 23 tobecome flexed upwardly at its center, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.I. This lifts the cake of coke near its central portion, leaving its endportions unsupported. The weight of the end portions causes the cake tobreaky at the center, one end of the cake going down chute 36 and theother down chute 37.. The flexing of the bottom 23 causes the wheels 28to travel on the tracks 29 to the position shown in dotted lines on Fig.I. As

soon as the coke has been discharged a reverse movement of thepiston-rod 32 restores the bottom to its normal horizontal position. Thedoors 6 are then closed, andA the oven is ready to he charged againpreliminarily to another coking operation.

It is obvious that my invention is adapted for the by-product process bysimply conducting off the expelled gases and admitting the purifiedgases into the flues 16, port 14 being bricked up. j

Having described my invention, I claimm 1. In a retort coke-oven, ahorizontal fluecontaining bottom pivotally mounted, and means forswinging the same into an inclined position.

2. In a retort coke-oven, a horizontal liuccontaining bottom capable ofbeing flexed, and means for flexing the same.

3. In a retort coke-oven, a horizontal fluecontaining bottom composed ofpivotally-connected sections, and means for causing the pivoted portionto assume a higher position than the end portions, whereby a fulcrum isformed for breaking apart the cake of coke and inclined beds areprovided for the separated parts of the cake.

4. In a retort coke-oven, a horizontal bottom, composed ofpivotally-connected sections, and means for elevating the pivotedportion of the same, whereby a fulcrum is formed for breaking apart thecake of coke and inclined beds are provided for the separated parts ofthe cake.y

5. In a retort coke-oven, a horizontal bottom composed of sectionshinged together, one section having a fixed pivot and the other having asupport capable of travelwhen the sections are flexed.

- 6. In a retort coke-oven, a horizontal bottom, composed of sectionshinged together, one section having wheels, and a track on which saidwheels travel when the sections are flexed.

7. In a retort coke-oven, a movable bottom for the same, containingtherein a portion of the oven-fines.

8. In a retort coke-oven, a series of parallel ovens, walls common toeach two adjoining IOO IIO

ovens, and a series of uptake and downtake flues in each wall, theuptake receiving gases given off from one oven and the downtakesreceiving gases given off from the other oven.

neeted to the heating-fines of the oven on one Signed at Altoona,Pennsylvania, this 21st side of th Wall and th?l other` to thosJ1 of tleday of May, 1903.

oven ont eother si et ereof, one of t e Wal s at one end of the serieshaving both sets of ANDREW C' KLO-MAN' ues whereby an additional ovenmay be built Witnesses: adjoining said Wall Without any change in saidJ. AUSTIN SULLIVAN, Wall. IsAIAH SCHEELINE.

